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1

General view of the exterior of the
church from the south. The tower is 14th
Century, unbuttressed and embattled.

2
3

Looking towards the east end from
the west, the latter being the view from the
gallery. The chancel arch dates from either the
Norman or earlier Saxon period, expert opinion being
divided. [It looks more Saxon to me]

4

5
6

The west gallery, showing (4) the
platform upon which, presumably, used to stand an
earlier organ (?) details if which are unrecorded.
Note the lanterns, of the same pattern as those in the
nave. Divided centrally north-south, each
section contains simple bench-type pews.

7

8

7, 8 Two pictures showing the
panelled oak pews under the gallery; those against the
south wall (7) date back to the seventeenth century. A
bench-type pew is also recessed into the old 13th/14th
Century north doorway.

9

9 Detail of the timber braces
in the ceiling of the church.

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11

10 The west gallery as
viewed from the east end. This, according to the
church guide, was probably added in 1902, and bears
the coat of arms of Edward 7th, shown in detail (11).
Access is by a narrow staircase next to the vestry
door.

History
of the church

There was probably an earlier Saxon church on
the same site, because the Domesday Book records that there was a
priest there in 1086. The south porch is 14th Century, the
nave being of earlier date, around the 13th-14th century

The chancel is nearly as long as the nave, and is
12th Century with Early English lancet windows in the south wall.
It was lengthened in the 13th Century, when it also received the
three stepped eastern lancet windows.

Pulpit (not shown) is of Jacobean construction:
late perpendicular with Jacobean addition, and has tracery and
linen fold panelling.

There is a horse-drawn funeral bier in the vestry.

This is now a united benefice, together with
Bromfield, Culmington and Stanton Lacy.

[Notes courtesy of the Church
Guide]

GALLERY

The gallery at the west end was probably added
during the 1902 renovation work, when the walls of the tower had
to be strengthened following the discovery of cracks, and the fact
that the tower had become detached from the nave of the church.

Dove's Guide to the bells

Onibury, Salop, S Michael, 4, 5¾cwt. Unringable.

The bell frame is triangular, and is dated
1626. There are four bells. The second
and third are probably 14th Century, inscribed 'Ave
Maria gracia pkena [plena] Dominus plecum [tecum]'.
Tenor inscribed ' John Wellings, churchwarden 1676
HC'. [Henry Clibury of the old Wellington bell
foundry] Treble also 1676, but recast by Abraham
Rudhall in 1842. Bells virtually silent due to the
condition of the bell frame and tower walls.